December 14, 2019:
White House hopeful Michael Bloomberg on Friday unveiled his plan to combat climate change, setting a series of deadlines he would meet to curb emissions. The former New York City mayor’s plan would get the country toward a 100 percent “clean-...
December 14, 2019:
Conversations about climate change are happening everywhere — including within the music industry, often blasted for the environmental impact of concert tours. But some musicians are stepping up with concrete actions to cut down their carbon footprints.
December 13, 2019:
Exclusive: forest regrowth can reabsorb emissions from fires but scientists fear natural carbon ‘sinks’ have been compromisedBushfires in New South Wales and Queensland have emitted a massive pulse of CO2 into the atmosphere since August that is equivalent to almost half of Australia’s annual greenhouse gas em...
December 13, 2019:
Climate activists demanded that governments put science above narrow political interests on Friday as negotiators battled to secure stronger commitments on the last day of a U.N. summit aimed at reducing the risk of catastrophic global warming.
December 13, 2019:
Climate activists demanded that governments put science above narrow political interests on Friday as negotiators battled to secure stronger commitments on the last day of a U.N. summit aimed at averting catastrophic global warming.
December 13, 2019:
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg on Friday unveiled a climate plan to slash U.S. carbon emissions by 50% in ten years, by slapping tougher pollution standards on new gas-fired power plants and replacing coal with cleaner energy sources like wind and solar.
December 12, 2019:
The science of climate change is, at its heart, fairly simple. When we emit greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, more heat gets trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere, raising global temperatures and destabilizing the climate. The political path to stopping that from happening is infinitely more complex – a ...
December 9, 2019:
New report says greenhouse gas emissions equal carbon footprint of a quarter of passenger cars in EuropeGreenhouse gas emissions from shipping equal the carbon footprint of a quarter of passenger cars in Europe and stand in the way of countries meeting the Paris agreement, new analysis reveals.Despite the scale of s...
December 9, 2019:
The federal government is charging Volkswagen for allegedly importing cars into Canada that company executives knew violated emissions standards.
December 5, 2019:
Poland is prepared to end its veto on a plan to decarbonize within 30 years after being offered investment money through a just transition fund.
December 4, 2019:
Civilization's carbon emissions — like Earth's temperature, sea level, and the rate of ice sheet melting in Greenland — are still going up. Researchers at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO) in Oslo, Norway spend each year tediously compiling the amount of heat-trappi...
December 4, 2019:
Slowdown this year in rising greenhouse gases does not negate long-term trend, finds carbon budget analysisCarbon dioxide emissions rose weakly this year as the use of coal declined but natural gas took up the slack, a comprehensive study of the global “carbon budget” has found.The rise in emissions was much sma...
December 4, 2019:
A surprise drop in coal use in the United States and Europe has helped to slow the growth of global carbon dioxide emissions this year, with softening demand in China and India also contributing, according to a study published on Wednesday.
December 4, 2019:
Carbon dioxide emissions, one of the main contributors to the climate changes bringing extreme weather, rising oceans, and more frequent fires that have killed hundreds of Americans and cost the U.S. billions of dollars, are set to reach another record high in 2019. That’s the word from the Global Carbon Proj...
December 4, 2019:
We are doing nowhere near enough to limit climate change. Greenhouse gas emissions are rising when they should be falling. Countries need to urgently increase action or we will face a future of rising seas, extreme weather events and increased human misery. Sound familiar? Of course it does. Scientists, the United N...
December 4, 2019:
While increase from 2018 to 2019 is lower than in previous years, the effects of the increase will still be felt. Read more...More about Tech, Climate, Science, Mashable Video, and Carbon Emissions
December 1, 2019:
Class action will focus on whether software fitted to 1.2 million vehicles was designed to defeat clean air lawsLawyers representing more than 90,000 motorists will accuse the carmaker Volkswagen on Monday of fitting some of its most popular models with an emissions defeat device, in the biggest class action of its ...
December 1, 2019:
Report finds manifestos fall short of action needed to address biggest source of UK emissionsNone of the main parties in the general election has a coherent plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport, the biggest source of carbon in the UK, according to campaigners.The Conservative manifesto highlight...